Squidoo Lens of the Year - Here's Why You Should Vote

It's time to vote for the best Squidoo lens of 2007. Squidoo's angel squad nominated a total of 11 lenses which represent the best lenses of Squidoo. As a member of Squidoo's community, you have the honor of helping choose the winner.

So, why should you take the time to look at eleven lenses and cast your vote? Here are my top three reasons.

1. Personality. No two of the eleven nominee lenses looks the same. Their topics and styles are as individual as their lensmasters, which is a good thing. Study these lenses and learn how you can insert your own personality into your own lenses by "doing your own thing" and choosing topics that you love.
2. Meat. You've heard it said before and you're going to hear it again: Content is king. The way to get visitors to your lenses is to provide good, original, meaty content. These lenses have it. Some are longer than others, but each is filled to its own brim with great information. Study these top lenses to learn what good content looks like.
3. Technique. As you judge the content and quality of each lens, keep an eye out for a technique that the lensmaster used that you might not be familiar with. Look at how photos are used. Notice that some of these lenses are in the two-column un-maxed format, which might be effective for some of your lenses. Notice how some use color or special fonts. While you never want to outright copy another lens, you can always borrow a technique for one of your own.

So, those are just three ways you can learn from these top-rated lensmasters, and you'll find more ways to learn on the Lens of the Year lens itself, so don't overlook the suggestions you'll find there.

Voting is open until the end of the month. And the nominees are . . . here.